Some Growth Opportunity for The Road to Hope in the next few years.
The three main priority area's we plan to focus on:
Education:
- Add grades 7 to 12 to the schools in Nordette and Mathone.
- Hire more teachers for the school.
- Provide “train the teacher” training at both schools.
- Purchase schoolbooks for kids of all grades in Nordette and Mathone.
- Sustainable agriculture projects/other vocational training/micro enterprise.
- Provide more instruments in Mirebalais and Delmas for the Haiti Youth Orchestra.
- Grow the Haiti Youth Orchestra program and create an orchestra in Nordette (2021) and Mathone (2022).
- Hire Assistant Musical Director and music teachers (Graduate students from HYO).
- Other.
Health & Sanitation:
- Repair the wells and other building repairs (Nordette and Mahtone).
- Develop health care program in the surrounding communities of Nordette in 2020 and Mathone 2021.
- Hire Community Health Workers in Nordette region and Mathone region.
- Complete the latrines in Nordette and build latrines at the school (Mathone).
- Hire local workers in those community to do the work.
- Implement health care training programs at both schools.
- Other
Authentic Cross-Cultural Connections:
- Bring the Haiti experience here… culture, music, food, language, etc…
- Develop “Tap Tap” as an education tool to travel and offer experiential education programs to schools, museums, churches and camps in Colorado and other parts of United States.
- Create travel/connection experiences with the youth from here and abroad.
- Documentary about Haiti to be an education tool and participation in film festivals.
- Develop partnerships with other schools that offer music (USA/Haiti/other…)
- Develop volunteering opportunities for teenagers and young adults here and in Haiti.
- Other.